Sofie Gråbøl: 'Lund isn't a superwoman'

Sofie Gråbøl has revealed that she loves the fact that Sarah Lund in The Killing is not a "stereotype".

Speaking to The Guardian, Gråbøl explained that she never wanted the fact that Lund is a woman to be a big issue.

"We agreed that we didn't want to go there," she said. "It's not to diss the issue of a woman in a man's world, but we felt that's been done many times before.

"The classical story is of the working mother with a love life, a woman who wants to be something to everyone. There would be scenes of her having sex with her boyfriend, cooking, and all those usual clichés. We didn't want to do any of those things. Lund's not like that. She can't separate herself from the case."

She continued: "Some people see her as a superwoman, but she's not. She's brave and strong, but she has so many weak points she's almost crippled."

Gråbøl also suggested that Lund is a different kind of character from those normally seen on television.

"The strength of the character is that you can't put her in a box," she said. "I like it when there's something held back so a character isn't defined for you. I like that as an actor and I like it as an audience member. Lund isn't a stereotype - she's a character who came to life as we made the series."